Full Description
This book presents the best papers from the 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Research for Blockchain Economy (MARBLE) 2020, held in Vilamoura, Portugal. While most blockchain conferences and forums are dedicated to business applications, product development or Initial Coin Offering (ICO) launches, this conference focused on the mathematics behind blockchain to bridge the gap between practice and theory.
Blockchain Technology has been considered as the most fundamental and revolutionising invention since the Internet. Every year, thousands of blockchain projects are launched and circulated in the market, and there is a tremendous wealth of blockchain applications, from finance to healthcare, education, media, logistics and more. However, due to theoretical and technical barriers, most of these applications are impractical for use in a real-world business context. The papers in this book reveal the challenges and limitations, such as scalability, latency, privacy andsecurity, and showcase solutions and developments to overcome them.
Contents
Smart Contract Derivatives.- Bitcoin Crypto-Bounties for Quantum Capable Adversaries.- An Econophysical Analysis of the Blockchain Ecosystem.- Stress Testing Diversified Portfolios: The Case of the CoinShares Gold and Cryptoassets Index.- Selfish Mining in Ethereum.- The Speculative (In)Efficiency of the CME Bitcoin Futures Market.- Carbon Trading with Blockchain.- Economic Games as Estimators.- Promise: Leveraging Future Gains for Collateral Reduction.- Step on the Gas? A Better Approach for Recommending the Ethereum Gas Price
